Copita is the name of the forthcoming Mexican concept, courtesy of two bright Bay Area stars: Joanne Weir and Larry Mindel.

Neither needs an introduction, but both have been incredibly successful in their decades in the local food and restaurant industry, Mindel with his restaurants (Poggio, Il Fornaio) and Weir with her television shows, cookbooks and ongoing culinary teaching. (She’s launching her own wine label next.)

Most of the big details were shared in the print column, but here’s the rundown.

The two are friends, and neither would have undertaken the project were it not for the other. Mindel read Weir’s most recent book about Tequila, coming away impressed. They tossed around the idea of doing a restaurant together, and when Mindel found a perfect space — the former Piccolo Teatro in Sausalito — they decided to go for it.

The plan is to open Copita next spring. They’re in the process of hiring a chef, but Weir — who last worked in a restaurant when she was at Chez Panisse from ’85 to ’90 — will oversee the culinary operations. Expect a market driven Mexican menu (Mindel calls it Mexican food with an Italian sensibility — that is, seasonal, grilling, rotisserie, etc.), plus cocktails and lots of Tequila.